iOmega Data Recovery

Data loss can sometimes occur even when you take all precautions to protect your computer from potential hazards. While there are a number of things you can do to minimize your chances of having a hard drive failure that leads to the loss of your files and information, sometimes unforeseen accidents can happen and ordinary wear and tear takes its toll over time. Luckily, in many cases your data can be retrieved if you contact a specialized data recovery company to assist you.

iomega

iOmega offers data storage and network security options for both home and business users. The company started in 1980 and has sold more than 410 million digital storage devices. iOmega produces desk top and portable hard drives, as well as SSD Flash drives and other multimedia drives. They also offer online backup of your important files to protect your data.

There are a number of reasons why your hard drive might fail causing you to lose data. For example:

Motor or electrical component failure

Accidental reformatting

Corrupt files

Bad sectors on the disk

Power surges

Computer viruses

Physical damage

iOmega has an in-house data recovery service that can help with any type of computer, as their drives can be used by many different manufacturers in their computers, as they manufacture the following types of drives:

FAT32

NTFS

HFS+

Internal IDE, UDMA and SATA hard drives

High performance SCSI, Fibre channel hard drives

USB, FireWire and eSATA external and portable hard drives

MP3 players and mobile devices equipped with a hard drive

Single or multiple disk drives and array

Laptops, Tablet PCs and other mobile devices

RAID arrays and servers

How To Ship Your Hard Drive

To submit a drive for repair, make sure that you place the drive in an anti-static bag to prevent damage from an electrostatic discharge during transport. Make sure that you use a box at least twice the size of the drive (it’s best to use the original packaging if at all possible).

Make sure the packing material that you use completely surrounds the drive and doesn’t allow the drive to shift at all during transport. I strongly recommended that you send only the drive itself, but if you’re sending an entire computer or laptop, you’ll need to include at least 6 inches of padding on all sides to reduce the chance of damaging your computer.

Be sure to mark your package as “Fragile” and use a trackable shipping method that allows you to know where your shipment is. You should consider purchasing insurance for your shipment in case your computer or drive is damage in transit.

Data Recovery From Your iOmega Drive

The method of recovering data depends on the individual problem that caused the data loss. If it’s a logical (i.e. software) problem, data recovery firms can use data recovery programs to attempt to recover your data. These types of problems tend to be the easiest and least expensive to resolve.

If there is a physical problem with the drive, that tends to be a more difficult and more costly process. The drive will need to be dismantled in a dust free clean room environment and repaired in order to recover your files. A trusted data recovery firm can often recover your data within 12 to 48 hours, and guarantees that your data will be retrieved, or you don’t pay for the service.

Online backup

iOmega offers an online data backup service that allows you to regularly back up your important files. You can back up individual files as you choose, or perform an entire system back up on a regular schedule. They offer unlimited storage space for your data on a remote server, freeing up room on your hard drive, freeing up valuable space.

Your files are protected from hard drive crashes and computer viruses and you can download your files to any computer.

Whether you use online storage or another method, backing up your files on a regular basis is the best way to protect your data from any form of loss or degradation.